Description: List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Preface. 1. Cities awash: a synthesis of the country cases (M.M. Shirley, C. Mnard). 2. The economics of urban water systems (R.G. Noll). 3. The Buenos Aires water concession (L. Alczar, M.A. Abdala, M.M. Shirley). 4. Institutions, politics, and contracts: the privatization attempt of the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru (L. Alczar, L.C. Xu, A.M. Zuluaga). 5. Water sector service contracts in Mexico City, Mexico (L. Haggarty, P. Brook, A.M. Zuluaga). 6. Reforming urban water supply: the case of Chile (M.M. Shirley, L.C. Xu, A.M. Zuluaga). 7. Reforming water supply in Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire: a mild reform in a turbulent environment (C. Mnard, G.R.G. Clarke). 8. A transitory regime: water supply in Conakry, Guinea (C. Mnard, G.R.G. Clarke). 9. Prospects for private water provision in developing countries: lessons from 19th-century America (K.J. Crocker, S.E. Masten). Statistical appendix. Author index. Subject index.

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